Using TikTok-Style Videos for E-Learning #495

TikTok E-Learning Examples #495: Challenge | Recap

🏆 Challenge of the Week

This week, your challenge is to create a short video or animated presentation using one or more TikTok video techniques.

Okay, I know what you’re thinking: “Wait, are we making TikToks now?” Nope, no TikTok accounts required.

But here’s the thing. TikTok has completely changed the way people consume video content. It’s short, engaging, and fast-paced, and that’s exactly what keeps viewers hooked.

As course designers, we’d be missing out if we didn’t take a few of those high-impact techniques and apply them to our own courses. And that's what this week's challenge is all about!

💪 What You’ll Be Practicing:

• Short-form storytelling: Keep it quick and impactful. Aim for 21 to 34 seconds and get your message across without losing attention.
• Music, sound effects, and voiceovers: Sound is more than just background noise. It shapes the mood, adds humor, and makes your content more memorable.
• Text-over-image techniques: You’ve seen it before. Bold text popping up to highlight key points is a simple trick that makes a big difference. 
• Timing and pacing: Fast cuts create energy. Slow motion builds drama. The way you edit changes how your message is received. 

Use whatever tools you already have (Articulate 360, Camtasia, video editing apps, PowerPoint, whatever works). And no need to post on TikTok, just apply these techniques to see how they transform your content.

🖥️ LinkedIn Learning Nano Tips

For some short-formed learning examples, LinkedIn Learning has more than 60 nano tips courses you can use for inspiration:

View the nano tips series on LinkedIn Learning

🧰 Resources

Here are a few resources to help you get started. If you know of other TikTok accounts that specialize in software training or corporate learning, please share them in the comments section.

• How To Leverage TikTok For Employee Training And Customer Education
• TikTok examples: #LearningAnddevelopment, #CorporateTraining, #LeadershipDevelopment, #InstructionalDesign
• LinkedIn Learning: Nano tips series

🙌 Last Week’s Challenge:

Before you dive into this week’s challenge, check out the customer service training examples your fellow challengers shared over the past week:

Customer Service Training RECAP #494: Challenge | Recap

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